2018 IIHF World Championship


The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Herning. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014. South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously.
Sweden won their second consecutive and eleventh overall title after defeating Switzerland in the final.
The official mascot of the tournament was a duck, inspired by the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about The Ugly Duckling.

Bids

There were two bids to host this championship.
The decision was announced on 23 May 2014. The final tally was 95-12 in favor of Denmark.

Venues

Qualified teams

; Qualified as host:
; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2017 IIHF World Championship:
; Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I:

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2017 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.
Denmark and Sweden played in separate groups, Denmark at the Jyske Bank Boxen while Sweden at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
;Group A
;Group B
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.

Officials

16 referees and linesman were announced on 21 March 2018.
RefereesLinesmen

  • Mark Lemelin
  • Oliver Gouin
  • Brett Iverson
  • Jan Hribik
  • Antonín Jeřábek
  • Mikko Kaukokari
  • Aleksi Rantala
  • Gordon Schukies
  • Roman Gofman
  • Konstantin Olenin
  • Tobias Wehrli
  • Jozef Kubuš
  • Linus Öhlund
  • Mikael Sjöqvist
  • Timothy Mayer
  • Stephen Reneau

  • Dmitri Golyak
  • Dustin McCrank
  • Nathan Vanoosten
  • Miroslav Lhotský
  • Rene Jensen
  • Hannu Sormunen
  • Sakari Suominen
  • Lukas Kohlmüller
  • Jon Kilian
  • Alexander Otmakhov
  • Gleb Lazarev
  • Nicolas Fluri
  • Peter Šefčík
  • Andreas Malmqvist
  • Jake Davis
  • Brian Oliver

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 8 August 2017.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Final

Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Patrick Kane1081220−20F
Sebastian Aho89918+152F
Connor McDavid1051217+610F
Rickard Rakell106814+76F
Teuvo Teräväinen85914+148F
Cam Atkinson107411−32F
Mika Zibanejad106511+100F
Mikko Rantanen85611+16F
Mattias Janmark104610+88F
Chris Kreider104610+72F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

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Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Anders Nilsson440:0081.0917495.403
Frederik Andersen362:56101.6517894.381
Igor Shestyorkin204:5751.468694.192
Elvis Merzļikins360:3591.5015194.042
Harri Säteri298:3171.4111493.861

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

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Awards

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